the first "28 secret tracks" by lp came from a handful of tapes lying unmarked in a shoe box. the record had been out a year or so when gords rummaged thru' the box and said something like "you should listen to this one - it's the first four-track tape i ever made" or words similar ... the second "28 secret tracks" the result.
there's 50-odd songs on "royal and ancient", from the sublime to the ridiculous, but by this time i was hooked on lp, and trawled thru' yet another clutch of tapes, and put together the third "28 secret tracks". there's heaps more tapes by the way.

there's no way to let you chaps hear any of this stuff, unless i hold a "28 secret tracks" listening party? or play the music between acts at the pittenweem festival maybe?

romanhead's picket, the pictish debut and hardsparrow's work in progress are the closest fencey things to lp's early toons. what thinks ye?

the version of 28 tracks i have is the one that i bought from lp. i got it at a gig he did in mono some time in the past. can't remember when exactly, but there were copies of 28 and moses on sale as pen-written cdrs with no sleeves.

i like the idea of a 28 secret tracks listening party.

other than that no worries. play them inbetweeenpittenweem maybe aye. but if they're meant to be heard more widely then sometime they will be.

I've got a copy on ma itunes that Red let me hear. I'm sure she got it from Gordon via the mail. There are some nuggets on it fir sure. I like the idea of a listening party although I always feel awkward sitting listening to music with other folk. I know it must be a deep seated insecurity but hey am human. Still think it's a great idea though. Gordon's music is always great to hear. Those tapes really should be released or something (its still shite that i canae pay for stuff at the moment Kc thanks for what you said at trailer park though. it helped. *Kc scratches his head thinking whit did I say*

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Posted: Fri, 28th Jul, 8:24am Post subject:

umm i've got quite a few of these hard to get pidge releases and er unreleases but i would give my right hand for the r&a and the other other 28 secret tracks ; you listening kenny so many unpolished gems in these albums. sublime to ridiculous is a perfect description. watched the syd barrett thing last night and on a purely musical comparison they reminded me of LP. thing is i have a lot of LP tracks yet my favourite is one i have only heard him play live twice, mibbe one day eh

My 28 Secret Tracks has artwork. It's in a jewel case with a lightish back and a darkish front with '28' stamped all over it. I bought it over the phone from Fence on arab's recommendation. It was, in fact, my first ever Fence purchase and remains one of my favourites. (It still has the handwritten note tucked in the sleeve).

Had I ever known more than one 28 Secret Tracks existed, I would have burgled the owner by now.

kc wrote:

there's no way to let you chaps hear any of this stuff, unless i hold a "28 secret tracks" listening party? or play the music between acts at the pittenweem festival maybe?